Antarctica risks ‘cascades of extreme events’ as Earth warms, study says

BLOOMBERG • August 8, 2023

Extreme weather in Antarctica, including ocean heat waves and ice loss, is set to become more intense unless urgent policy action reduces the burning of fossil fuels, a new study has found – the latest to sound the alarm on the damage climate change is unleashing. Scientists have become increasingly alarmed about how the Antarctic ice has struggled to grow back after hitting an all-time low in February – a deviation so extreme from the normal that it’s been dubbed a once-in-a-7.5-million-year phenomenon. The Arctic, too, is expected to be ice-free in summers by 2030, underscoring the rapid pace at which global warming is damaging the planet’s ecosystems.